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Table 1 Maximum Likelihood (ML)-estimates for the transmission rate parameters during the bluetongue virus serotype 8 epidemic in 2006 for the different areas of interest (confidence intervals within brackets)

From: Quantitative analysis of transmission parameters for bluetongue virus serotype 8 in Western Europe in 2006

Regions

Function

λ0(10-6 day-1)

r0(km)

α

Europe

7.4 (5.6-10)

8.8 ( 7.0-10.9)

2.5 (2.3- 2.6)

Germany

9.2 (6.6-13.4)

18.0 (13.5-23.0)

3.2 (2.9- 3.7)

Netherlands

24. (16-52)

3.9 ( 2.1- 6.1)

2.0 (1.9- 2.2)

Belgium before 24/08/2006

62. (35-161)

17.5 (8.3-26.8)

3.7 ( 2.6-5.9)

Belgium

λ0r0α(mαday-1)

0.028 (0.012-0.06)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

Belgium after 24/08/2006

0.0045 (0.0009-0.017)

0.96 (0.8-1.2)